Musical Lists

Four Person Musicals

This list of 4 person musicals includes stage works written for four or more performers. Shows marked with (+) indicate that the cast size can be expanded.


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Below are musicals with four roles, also known as four-hander musicals.


Blues in the Night

Music/Lyrics: Various  Concept: Sheldon Epps

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1980)

Number of Roles: 4


Calvin Berger

Music/Lyrics/Book: Barry Wyner

Musical Type: Contemporary (2006)

Number of Roles: 4+


Celebration

Music: Harvey Schmidt  Lyrics/Book: Tom Jones

Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1969)

Number of Roles: 4+


Everyday Rapture

Music/Lyrics: Various  Book: Dick Scanlan, Sherie Rene Scott

Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)

Number of Roles: 4


Forbidden Broadway

Music: Various  Lyrics/Book: Gerard Alessandrini

Musical Type: 1980s-2020s Series

Number of Roles: 4+


Forever Plaid

Music/Lyrics: Various  Book: Stuart Ross

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1989)

Number of Roles: 4


Ghost Quartet

Music/Lyrics/Book: Dave Malloy

Musical Type: Contemporary (2014)

Number of Roles: 4


Glory Days

Music/Lyrics: Nick Blaemire  Book: James Gardiner

Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)

Number of Roles: 4


I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change

Music: Jimmy Roberts  Lyrics/Book: Joe DiPietro

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1996)

Number of Roles: 4


In Trousers

Music/Lyrics/Book: William Finn

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1979)

Number of Roles: 4


Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris

Music/Lyrics: Jacques Brel  Book: Eric Blau, Mort Shuman

Musical Type: Post-Golden Age (1968)

Number of Roles: 4


Jerome Kern Goes to Hollywood

Music: Jerome Kern  Lyrics: Various  Book: Dick Vosburgh

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1986)

Number of Roles: 4


Lizzie

Music/Lyrics: Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer, Alan Stevens Hewitt  Music/Lyrics/Book: Tim Maner

Musical Type: Contemporary (2009)

Number of Roles: 4


Maybe Happy Ending

Music/Book: Will Aronson  Lyrics/Book: Hue Park

Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)

Number of Roles: 4


Murder Ballad

Music/Lyrics: Juliana Nash  Lyrics/Book: Julia Jordan

Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)

Number of Roles: 4


Next Thing You Know

Music: Joshua Salzman  Lyrics/Book: Ryan Cunningham

Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)

Number of Roles: 4


Now. Here. This

Music/Lyrics: Jeff Bowen  Book: Hunter Bell, Susan Blackwell

Musical Type: Contemporary (2012)

Number of Roles: 4+


Ordinary Days

Music/Lyrics: Adam Gwon

Musical Type: Contemporary (2008)

Number of Roles: 4


Polkadots: The Cool Kids Musical

Music/Lyrics: Douglas Lyons  Music: Greg Borowsky  Book: Melvin Tunstall III

Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)

Number of Roles: 4


Romance/Romance

Music: Keith Herrmann  Lyrics/Book: Barry Harman

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1987)

Number of Roles: 4


Side by Side by Sondheim

Music/Lyrics: Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein, Mary Rodgers, Richard Rodgers, Jule Styne

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1976)

Number of Roles: 4


Some Lovers

Music: Burt Bacharach  Lyrics/Book: Steven Sater

Musical Type: Contemporary (2011)

Number of Roles: 4


Songs for a New World

Music/Lyrics: Jason Robert Brown

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1995)

Number of Roles: 4


The Landing

Music: John Kander  Lyrics/Book: Greg Pierce

Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)

Cast Size: 4


The Last Sweet Days of Isaac

Music: Nancy Ford  Lyrics/Book: Gretchen Cryer

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1970)

Cast Size: 4


The Mad Ones

Music/Lyrics/Book: Kait Kerrigan, Bree Lowdermilk

Musical Type: Contemporary (2017)

Number of Roles: 4


The Marvelous Wonderettes

Music/Lyrics: Various  Book: Roger Bean

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1999)

Number of Roles: 4


The Marvelous Wonderettes: Caps and Gowns

Music/Lyrics: Various  Book: Roger Bean

Musical Type: Contemporary (2013)

Number of Roles: 4


The Marvelous Wonderettes: Dream On

Music/Lyrics: Various  Book: Roger Bean

Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)

Number of Roles: 4


The Musical of Musicals (The Musical!)

Music/Book: Eric Rockwell  Lyrics/Book: Joanne Bogart

Musical Type: Contemporary (2003)

Number of Roles: 4+


Tomfoolery

Music/Lyrics: Tom Lehrer  Adaptation: Cameron Mackintosh, Robin Ray

Musical Type: Late 20th Century (1980)

Number of Roles: 4


Winter Wonderettes

Music/Lyrics: Various  Book: Roger Bean

Musical Type: Contemporary (2016)

Number of Roles: 4